The relationship between Nicholas P.R. Spinelli, M.D., and Yale began in 1937, when he was a mere 16-year-old from Stratford, Conn., starting his freshman year of college. This early acquaintance blossomed through his years in medical school—also at Yale—in his career as an internist and educator, in his role as a leader of alumni, and, in his later years, in philanthropy. Ultimately it was a love affair. Those who knew him well all say the same thing: No one loved Yale School of Medicine more

Out & About

June 17: A celebration of the DONALD J. COHEN PROFESSORSHIP IN CHILD PSYCHIATRY was held at the Child Study Center (CSC). Cohen, a pioneer in child psychiatry, was Sterling Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology, and director of the CSC from 1983 until his death in 2001. More than 200 friends, corporations and foundations contributed more than $2.7 million to establish the Cohen Professorship. The first holder of the new professorship is Associate Professor Matthew W. State, M.D., Ph.D., an expert on the genetics of child psychiatric disorders and mental retardation.

June 17: A celebration of the DONALD J. COHEN PROFESSORSHIP IN CHILD PSYCHIATRY was held at the Child Study Center (CSC). Cohen, a pioneer in child psychiatry, was Sterling Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology, and director of the CSC from 1983 until his death in 2001. More than 200 friends, corporations and foundations contributed more than $2.7 million to establish the Cohen Professorship. The first holder of the new professorship is Associate Professor Matthew W. State, M.D., Ph.D., an expert on the genetics of child psychiatric disorders and mental retardation.

From left: Judit Ungar, president of the Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA), Thomas Israel, a 1966 alumnus of Yale College, State and Sue Levi-Pearl, TSA vice president for medical and scientific programs.

August 26: At the annual WHITE COAT CEREMONY, members of the School of Medicine’s newly admitted Class of 2012 donned physician’s jackets, formally marking their entrance into the medical profession.

August 26: At the annual WHITE COAT CEREMONY, members of the School of Medicine’s newly admitted Class of 2012 donned physician’s jackets, formally marking their entrance into the medical profession.

(From left) Oluwatosin Onibokun, Raj Chovatiya and Samrawit Goshu.

August 26: At the annual WHITE COAT CEREMONY, members of the School of Medicine’s newly admitted Class of 2012 donned physician’s jackets, formally marking their entrance into the medical profession.

Excited family members snapped pictures of the assembled class in front of Sterling Hall of Medicine.

September 6: The Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center sponsored a TRANSPLANTATION AND ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS FAIR on the New Haven Green at which organ recipients and families of donors, including living donors, shared their stories to encourage members of the community to donate organs for the estimated 100,000 American patients awaiting transplantation surgery.

(From left) New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and Marna P. Borgstrom, president and CEO of Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH), listen to a speaker.

September 6: The Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center sponsored a TRANSPLANTATION AND ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS FAIR on the New Haven Green at which organ recipients and families of donors, including living donors, shared their stories to encourage members of the community to donate organs for the estimated 100,000 American patients awaiting transplantation surgery.

September 6: The Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center sponsored a TRANSPLANTATION AND ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS FAIR on the New Haven Green at which organ recipients and families of donors, including living donors, shared their stories to encourage members of the community to donate organs for the estimated 100,000 American patients awaiting transplantation surgery.

Heart transplant recipient Pete Kenyon.

September 9: In a ceremony at the Oslo Concert Hall in Norway, Pasko Rakic, M.D., Ph.D., the Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neurobiology and professor of neurology, was among three recipients of the inaugural KAVLI PRIZE IN NEUROSCIENCE. (From left) Sten Grillner, Ph.D., professor of neuroscience at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Columbia University and Rakic accept Kavli Prize medals from His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway.